Sara Cooper

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Sara Cooper (she/her) is a novelist and playwright-lyricist. Sara writes incisive, feminist stories about women navigating the pressures of contemporary culture, particularly consumerism, wellness culture, and the performance of perfection. Her works are unflinching deep dives into the ills and inequities of American society, especially in regards to misogyny, capitalism, and the commodification of American body and mind.

Sara has received awards and honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Theatre Wing, New York State Council on the Arts, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and ASCAP, and she holds an MFA from New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. She currently teaches at Purchase College a
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Sara Cooper Hi John! I mean, I laughed a lot, but I hope you laugh often and then feel uncomfortable immediately afterwards. ;)
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Sara Cooper and 2 other people liked Krys C's review of Ravenous:
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"⭐ (3.5)

This book is... absolutely unhinged.

Imagine if influencer culture, pregnancy anxiety, capitalism, parasocial relationships, and body horror all climbed into a blender, hit "purée," and somehow produced a novel. That's Ravenous.

Breigh is the k" Read more of this review »
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"An incredibly big thank you to Columbia University Press | Roseway Publishing and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review 💚

To say that this book completely blew me away is an understatement.
In the first 25% I actually laughed out loud" Read more of this review »
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"I truly think the title fits the book's theme—consumption—perfectly. Consumption of every kind. We see Breigh letting herself be consumed by the need for others' approval, consuming as much materialism as possible to feel whole and being consumed by " Read more of this review »
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"An absolutely wild, unhinged ride; I did not want to get off. I desperately craved the twists and turns and loop-de-loops, feeling at one point like I was stuck upside down, all the blood rushing to my head. I don't know why the theme park ride analo" Read more of this review »
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